词条 | Southern cricket frog |
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| name = Southern cricket frog | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = [1] | trend = stable | image = Cricket frog3.JPG | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Amphibia | ordo = Anura | familia = Hylidae | genus = Acris | species = A. gryllus | binomial = Acris gryllus | binomial_authority = (LeConte, 1825) | synonyms = Rana gryllus LeConte, 1825 Rana dorsalis Harlan, 1827 Hylodes gryllus (LeConte, 1825) | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = Acris gryllus dorsalis (Harlan, 1827) Acris gryllus gryllus (LeConte, 1825) | range_map = Southern Cricket Frog.png | range_map_caption = The distribution of the southern cricket frog }} The southern cricket frog or southeastern cricket frog (Acris gryllus) is a small hylid frog native to the Southeastern United States.[2] It is very similar in appearance and habits to the northern cricket frog, Acris crepitans, and was considered formerly conspecific (Dickerson 1906). The scientific name Acris is from the Greek word for locust, and the species name gryllus is Latin for cricket (Georgia Wildlife). DescriptionAt 0.75–1.5 inches (16–32 mm) in length, Acris gryllus is even smaller than A. crepitans. Other characters that differentiate the southern species are:
Range and habitatThe southern cricket frog is characteristic of coastal plain bogs, bottomland swamps, ponds, and ditches. It prefers sunny areas, and is usually not found in woodlands. Subspecies Acris gryllus gryllus is found in the Atlantic Coastal Plain from southeastern Virginia through the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, west to the Mississippi River. It is found mostly east of the Fall Line, but extends into more upland areas of the Piedmont along river valleys. Subspecies Acris gryllus dorsalis is found throughout the Florida peninsula. HabitsThe southern cricket frog feeds on insects, spiders, and other arthropods. It is active throughout the year in warm weather. ReproductionBreeding is in late spring and summer. The advertisement call of the males is a loud rapid gick, gick, gick. Up to 150 eggs are laid at a time, and more than one mass may be produced in a season (Martof et al. 1980). Subspecies
References1. ^{{Cite journal | author = IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group | title = Acris gryllus | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2014 | page = e.T55287A56188704 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2014 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/55287/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T55287A56188704.en | access-date = 6 January 2018}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Acris/Acris-gryllus |title=Acris gryllus (LeConte, 1825) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=21 January 2015}}
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